Diversity Within Halacha: Rejecting the Need to Jettison the Entire Halachic System by Rabbi Lopatin

The current Jewish debate cannot end with a choice between fighting antisemites and strengthening Jewish life. Both are necessary, but neither fully answers what this moment requires.

The Nakba narrative does not merely tell a story of displacement. It functions as a libel. Understanding that distinction is essential to understanding why the world reacted to Oct. 7 the way it did.

The answer is not hatred of ordinary Haredim. The answer is a clear law against organized calls for refusal.

The question is not whether Jewish communities will use AI; they already are. The question is whether we will adopt these tools passively, or shape them deliberately according to Jewish values, Jewish learning, and Jewish responsibility.

When a college chooses the voice, approves the occasion, and hands over the microphone to a known activist, it owns what follows from that stage.